Local Futures Staff

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution

Away from the screens of the mainstream media, the crude ‘bigger is better’ narrative that has dominated economic thinking for centuries is being challenged.

July 19, 2022

Pitchfork feast at Sims Hill Shared Harvest

World Localization Day is back!

June 20th 2021 marks the return of the international WLD campaign, which aims to galvanize the worldwide localization movement into a force for systemic change.

June 4, 2021

Insane Trade

How Insane is Global Trade?

The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods of millions of small-scale producers worldwide.

April 2, 2019

Going Local: the Solution-Multiplier

A short introduction to localization.

February 1, 2017